Nelson Mandela died today in Johannesburg at the age of 95. Earlier this year, during Mandela's illness, Eve Fairbanks prepared this assesment of his life and legacy. Soon after I moved to South Africa in 2009, I rode through Soweto, the historic bla...

In March 1990, one month after Nelson Mandela's release from prison, John Carlin — then a South Africa correspondent for The Independent in London — discussed then-president F.W. de Klerk's decision to release the political activist, despite protests...

Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president, is celebrating his 94th birthday -- no small feat for a man who spent 27 years as a political prisoner in a country torn apart by apartheid for decades. To commemorate the occasion, Prezence Di...

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